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Bench and bar : reminiscences of one of the last of an ancient race / by Mr. Serjeant Robinson.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1889 Robinso
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Benjn. Coulson (Benjamin Coulson), 1812-1890.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lawyers--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Gold-tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1889.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 327 p. : port. ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- 2d ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hurst and Blackett, 1889.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- Becoming a law student
- With a special pleader
- Called to the bar
- The old bailey
- Trial for murder
- Some of my contemporaries
- The bench and the bar
- Sir William Maule
- Samuel Warren
- A short chapter
- Beards and dress
- Sir William Follett
- Mr. Benjamin, Q.C.
- Lords Cockburn and Campbell
- Mr. Edwin James
- 'Good old times,' Lord Brougham, Education 217
- Serjeant Murphy
- Lord Westbury
- Serjeant Adams
- Legal procedure
- Process of taking the coif
- Serjeants' Inn, conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Contains index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with coat of arms featuring crane on front cover in gold. Text in gold on spine.
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- Athenaeum copy: Stamped on title page: "Received Feb 3 1890."
- OCLC:
- 2475678
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